As the electrification of our roadways picks up momentum, NFPA continues to look at what this means for our emergency responder community? According to the latest NFPA Fire Loss Report, there were more than 174,000 vehicle fires reported during 2015 alone. That equates to a vehicle fire every 3 minutes on U.S. roadways. With more and more electric vehicles on our roadways, significant consideration needs to be placed on training and educating our emergency responders on the unique hazards these vehicle could pose. Some of these topics include:

While our emergency responders have more than 100 years of experience responding to incidents involving internal combustion engine vehicles, these new considerations are requiring changes to existing standard operating procedures (SOPs) and tactics.